What Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students actually covers.
The Italian Government offers study grants for foreign and Italian citizens living abroad who wish to attend university courses, language courses, or research projects in Italy.
Who can apply.
Open to masters, phd applicants seeking to study in Italy. Eligible nationalities are listed below.
2 more eligible countries — full list available on the official application page.
Accepted fields.
Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students currently lists the following eligible fields of study. Other related disciplines may also be considered — check the official call.
Four steps to a complete application.
Scholar Africa is a discovery and tracking platform — the application itself is submitted directly through the official provider site. The steps below mirror our HowTo schema.
Check eligibility
Confirm your nationality, academic level, and field of study match the criteria above.
Eligibility checklist
Prepare documents
Transcripts, recommendation letters, personal statement, and a valid passport.
Document checklist
Submit the application
Submit before June 10, 2026 via the official portal.
Submission checklist
Track your application
Use your Scholar Africa dashboard to monitor status and deadline reminders.
Post-submission checklist
What we checked, when we checked it.
Scholar Africa runs a link-liveness check on every listing before it goes live. Five additional checks (contact, organisation, winners, third-party, manual review) are on the roadmap. Italian Government Scholarships for Foreign Students currently scores 3.5/10.
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Other scholarships worth a parallel application.
Same eligibility window or destination. Many strong applicants apply to three or four programmes per cycle.